Thanksgiving menu

Thanks to Erasmo Cortez

Several years ago, my mom found a way to avoid having to cook most of Thanksgiving dinner. She didn’t seek this out, but it was ultimately her doing. While I was filtering through all of my emails including an advertisement for www.expertsatellite.com, I found one about Real Simple magazine. My mom always asks us to give her a list of things we want for Christmas; I included a subscription to this magazine on mine. My sister received a subscription, too, and when Thanksgiving rolled around the next year, we found a complete menu in the one of the issues. Since my sister’s husband loves to cook, they suggested we stray from the usual menu and try this new one. My mom was fully supportive of this idea and said if we’d be in charge, she’d make sure to buy all of the ingredients we needed. Since then, she assumes that she will start the turkey in the morning and then turn the rest – meaning all of the sides – over to us. Conveniently, that is the hardest part.